Planter.



w 'T. u" SIMS.

' PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19-, m1.

Patented Aug. 17, 1-915.

PLANTER.

' To all whom it may concern:

. part of this s Be it known that I, THoMas Sms, a citizen of the United States, residingat Fave'tteville, in. the county of Lincoln,

State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others-skilled in the art to which it appertains 'to make and use the same.

This invention relates. to planters more particularly to that type of planter that'will simultaneously drop seeds and fertilizer.

An object of the present invention resides in the provision in a lanter hopperof, suit able means including may be properly fed therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel'adjusting means for the brushes so that the same may be adjusted to, vary the amount of grain discharged, this adjusting means further permitting of the brushed'lieing readily removed and replaced with'new ones when worn out. I

With the above objects in view the inven tion consists of the novel details of con-' struction and combination of parts hereinafter fully understood that various modifications'may be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended" claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming ,ecification :Figure 1 is a vertical longitu inal sectional View through the planter hopper, showing the brush support ing means. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the hopper, with the cover thereof removed, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional wiew through the hopper, taken on the line 4c ,4 of Fig. 1.

' As the structure of the plow or other suppotting. means is not necessary to a proper disclosure of the invention, only the planter. hopper-mechanism isshown in the drawings.

The planter comprising the subject matter of this invention is mounted in rear of the plow beam and between the handle bars, and comprises a bottom formed of a pair of spaced parallel fiat strips 14 between which is slidingly fitted-a slide 15 having a pair of orifices 16 adjacent to its opposite ends which form outlets.

A bottom plate 17 is fixed to thebottom faces of the strips 14 and forms a seat for the slide :15, this bottom plate being provided with a pair of spaced orifices 18 adjacent to its op- Specificatlon of letters Fatent.

rushes whereby grain i described and claimed, it being.

lPatented Aug. il't, 1915.

Application filed January 19, 1911. Serial Flo. 803,5e5.

posite ends which register with the outlets of the slide at certain positions inthe movement of the slide. A casin or hopper 19 is mounted on the top faces of the longitudinal guide strips lltlllS casing preferably being formed of metal and comprising side walls 20 which incline toward the guide strips and have their lowermost edges bent abruptly and fixed to the top faces of the guide strips,

bolts, rivets, or similar connectors 21 being passed vertically through the inturned flanges 22 of the sides, guide strips 14- bottom plates 17 to rigidly secure the parts together. The end walls cline inwardly and abut with their lower edges the top faces of the guide strips 14 an seed slide 15. A pair of cross cleats 24 are fixed at their opposite ends to the guide stripsfand bear against the lower end portion of the casing end walls to anchor the latter against displacement. Avertical par- .tition 2% is arranged within the casing and divides the easing into two approximate equal hoppers, one hopper 25being designed I to receive fertilizer and the other hopper 26 to'receive the seed to be planted. A suitable cover 27 bears with its marginal portions against the rimof the casing and forms a closure over both hoppers.

For securing the casing in position an angle iron bracket 28 is fixed to one side of the plow. beam and to the bottom face of the bottom plate 17 and'a pair of cleats 29 are fixed to the inner faces of the handle bars and bear with their upper edges against the real-most :portion of the bottom plate and cooperate with the angle iron brackets to support the bottom of the casing horizontal.

For regulating the discharge of seed through the outlets in the slide 'lo, a brushing device is mounted in eachhopper and since, both devices are identical in construction but one will be described. A yoke 39. is mounted tostraddle the slide and is pro vided with outturned extremities 33 which are fixed to the guidestrips. A pair of brushes 34: are mounted within the yoke, the bristles 35 of the brushes bearing on the top face of the slide, and the stocks 36' of the brushes being arranged in abutting contact below the bridge of the yoke. The brush stocks are provided axially with stems 37 that engage in grooves 38 formed in the opposite sides of the yoke bridge. The walls of the grooves are beveled to provide sharp cutting edges 39 which penetrate the stems 23 of the casing in and ice

37 of thebrushes and prevent gravitation of top face of the slide that a lesser amount of both seed and fertilizer will be. discharged the brushes .whenl'adjusted as will hereinafter he described. Y 3 i I A tie clamp 40*formed from a .single length of wire or like material is bent to encircle the stocks ofboth brushes, one end of the.tie clamp being provided with an orifice through which the opposite end of the tie member projects, the said opposite end being vequipped with a set screw 41 which bears against the orificed end of the clamp and serves to tighten the clamp whereby to securely bind the stocks of the brushes together. When the clamp is tightened it will be observed that the sharpened edges of the yoke grooves penetrate the stems of the brushes. Thus the brushes may be mounted so that their bristles bear directly upon the slide or may be elevated so that their bristles are slightly spaced from the slide, and when in any of "their adjusted positions, by virtueof the sharpened edges of the yokes penetrating the brush stems, the brushes will be positively held against gravitation.

When the slide 15 is reciprocated between the guide strips, a portion of both the seed and fertilizer will gravitate into the outlets of the slide and as the slide advances underneath the brushes, the latter will force the seed and fertilizer into the outlets of the bottom plate at the instant of registration of both the outlets in the slide and in the bottom. plate. It is clear that when the bristles of the brush bear directly upon the throughthe outlets than when'the brushes are spaced slightly above the slide. Thus the amount ofseed andfertilizer delivered through the delivery pipe is regulated. The slide 15 may be reciprocated byany desired 'means, preferably. a.= ground wheel, (not shown) a pitman 45 which is provided with the hooked extremity 4:6 engaging the slide,-

fprming the immediate'connection with the side. i

What is claimed, is i In a planter, a hopper having an outlet,

a slide in said hopper adapted to expose said outlet, an inverted U-shaped strap yoke straddling said slide above said outlet and having notches in the opposite edges of the bridge portion provided with knife edges, bristle brushes bearing upon said slide and having wooden steuis fitting in said notches,

and having the bristle bearing cylindrical stocks in intimate contact below said bridge portion, and a draw element encircling and clamping said stocks, together and serving to force said knife edges into said stems.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

' THOMAS D, SI MS. Witnesses:

D. M. BRIGHT, JACOB NEWMAN. 

